Displaying and vending device.



PATENTED JAN 8, 1907 0'. L MALONEY. DISPLAYING AND VENDING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 23 1904.

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PATENTED JAN. 8, 1907.

MALONEY.

,DISPLAYING AND VENDING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 23.1904.

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170a, uihom it maiy conecrnif a citizen of the United States of America, residing in the city and county of Denver and 5, State of Colorado, have invented certain, new

and useful Improvements in Displaying and Vending Devices; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description ofthe invention, such as will. enable others skilled in the art to. which it appertains to "make and use .thesatmmreference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the form a part of this specification- My in entionrelates to improvements in devices for holding and displaying rolls of merchandise, asnil-clothor any other mate:

letters of reference marked thereon, which ria-l put up in rolls and adapted to be sold by unwinding from the roll and cuttinglit ofi' ac cording to the requiremcnts'of the customer. 1

Myimproveddevice consists,bricfly speaks ing, of a suitable frame in which is mounted a W reel or reyoluble device having two heads suitably connected and trunnioned in the 25 'frame'. Journaled inthese, heads is a number of. roll-holding spindles detachably connected with the heads.- The heads are mounted on a central axle provided with a hub having tubes radially'disposed in which .i'ods telescdpe and to whose outer extremities' are attache spring-clas s adapted to engage the rolls mounted on t e, various spindles, Between lthe hub and each clasp and surrounding the tube and rod are coil-springs normally Having briefly outlined my-improved con-., struction aswell as the function it is intended 50 to perform, '1 will pro'ceed' to describe the same in detaihrefe'reritzebeing made to the accompanying drawings, in which il h is' trated anembodiment thereof.

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S pecification of Letters Patent. i M i v 7 Application mam- 23,1905 SerialllmZOQAOO- p r .topplan view ofthe apparatus. B'e'it known that L'CHARLES L. MALON Y,

under tension, having a tendency 'to force the; clasps and rods outwardly; Thisis to com; pensate -for the reduction in the size of the ,roll until it is completely unwoundfrom-i' jspindlev E.- e

adapted ,to hold rolls of any length; Proyiacted on by a spring-OF, 'the spriIi g y, 01 .101. more of these s indlesvE-may, 'ay end eleva 55 tion'of my improved apparatusi Fig, 2 is'a sectiontaken on the line2 2, Fig. 3. "Fig 3 isa,

Patented an. 3,1907,

' supporting the hinged part'of the gage cl ainpt 1 the: parts being shown on 'a' lar'ger scalet an. in the other views." Fig. 8 is a toppled cw, in detail of the devicefor lock ing 'tlie the desired' position, thev parts on a largerscale thanin the other Thesame reference characters ind t same parts in all the views.

'Let A designate a suitable framein h is-journaled a hollow axle'B, whose extremi A ties are journalcd' in bracket s Bf, mounted? QIIiJOP OfthBfI'fllllG and secured thereto by. bolts B [To the extremities of this hollow axle or-shaft: are secured disks C, forming heads which are further connected by rods C; :8

surrounded by spacing tubes, C ,,inter osed between the two'heads. ()n the centre arty of thehollow axle is mounted a hub B, 'av; ing' threaded sockets C jinto which" are'fl' screwed .tubesC", radially disposed and in [85, which telescope rods 0 to the outer, extremisties of Whichare attached s rin -clasps' C;

Between the clasp and the "nu an surround'-,

ing the tube and ;telesco ing rod isfa cpilspring 0 The spring-c as C is so" ch11 "g'io' structed that when theroll isv first put" place and of normal size the clasp mustb'ei considerablyopen in order to pu't'th'erollin place, whereby the-clasp is laced under ten-. 1 sion and together with't e compensat movement of the telescopingrodclasps Each s ind is ,journaledin the. heads .0, and'in or erto make them readily detachable theyengage icuryed slots (3? and x1130 when in] position are locked inaplace by'hooks 0, pivoted on one head asshown at C ","and

assin-g; through the end of thepivot 0 lliil'ereb 1 forminga ,keyto hold the hook inplaca 10 will be understood that there mag be anyde-Q sired number of, rotary spindles ,Qaccordin'g tothe desiredwcapaci'ty of-the apparatus an auxiliary headll ad ustableion .1311 dle'lb'y means of a set-screw E whereb v, i, spindle may be adapted to hold rolls of'vary which enters a slot F, having two parts F -'matic when the hinged bar has moved downwardly to the closed position. In order to hold is .inthe raisedv positiomas shown by dotted ingleng'th. 3 oi the drawings a short roll D is shown mounted on the spindle pro- --to"bring-theprojection F into one of the an- .gular parts of th ..of one of the heads of the reel or drum, and

F is thrown into one of the angular parts of i the slot locks the pin in the holding osition.

these 0 enings Gin one head, the number cor: 3v

engages one of these recesses the roll mounted on one of the spindles is in position to be unwound therefrom at the front of the ma chine.

-ity abar H, hinges H being employed. The

-ity of the-spring engaging the-bottom of the vided with a slidable head E. H

In order to hold the reel in any desired position of rotary adjustment, I employ a lockingin F, mounted in the guide F, secured to t e top of the frame. Between the guide] F and the head'of the pin is located a coil spring F normally having a tendency to hold the pin in the released position. The pin is provided with a radial projection F extendin slot.

position, the pin is moved inwardly throu h the body of the slot F and turned sufficient y at right angles to the body of the e slot. The inward movement ofthe pin causes it to enter a recess G the rotary movement whereby the radial pm When it is desired to release the ree the ac- .tion' just described is reversed and the projection F, thrown into the outer angular part of the slot, whereby the pin is locked in the released position. There are a number of res on ing with the number ofrotaryspindles an .-so arranged that when the locking-pin Mounted on the front of the machine is a rigid bar. H, to which is hinged at one extrem-v hinged bar has a slot H extending there-' through and registering with a slot H, formed in'the bar.-I-*I,when the hinged bar .is in the filosed position. 1 At the extremity remote from the hinges H the hinge and bar is rovided with a spring-keeper H having an 0 set I H,adapted to pass beneath the bar H when the hinged bar. 18 moved downwardly. The kee er is provided with a curved extension H ma ing its engagement with the bar H autothehinged banopen, the frame is rovided with a springeactuated pm I, mounte in acasen. it.is desired to lock the reel in J graduated measuring device-M.

desired length of time.

ing 'I-and;having a shoulder engaged by one. extremity ofa coilespringIithe other extremcasing. This pm is provided witha reduced stem I assing through an opening in the bottom oil the casing and having a rotruding threaded part I, to which is applie' a tensionnut I. The acting extremity ofthe pin is beveled on both sides, and when the hinged barI-I position. virtue, however,of the beveled end of the pin the bar H maybe thrown down to the fu lline position in Fig. 5 without pulling back the pin, since the latter will automatically recede as sufiicient force is applied to the barI-I to-throw it to the closed position.

In order to facilitate the holding of the goods between the bars H and H, the hin ed bar is provided with a strip H compose of rubber or other suitable yielding material, located on opposite sides of ti. e slotH. Tire hinged bar H is provided with a central dovetail groove adapted to receive a handle carrying a cutter J, which extends downwardly below the dovetail part of the handle or holder and passes through the slot H and enters the slot H when the bar ii is in the closed position. 'Ihis handle is readily slidable in the, dovetail groove of the bar H,

"whereby the strip of material K may be quickly severed. after the desired length of the strip has been drawn from the roll. The casing I is provided with flanges I, through which holding the casing in place.

To the lower side of the bar His attached a rod L, upon which is 'movably mounted a This device .are passed fastening devices I for is adapted to occupy a vertical position when not in use. W hen it is desired to use it, it is raised to a horizontal position, whereby the material may be measured as it is drawn from one of the/spindles. As soon, however, as the measuring device is released it drops downout of the way.

From the foregoingdescription it is .believed that the use and operation of my improved device willv be readily understood. Assumingthat rolls D and D are mounted on the device as shown in Figs. 1, 2, and 3, the reel is turned until the roll from which it is desired to remove a. portion of the material is brought into the proper position. The pin F is then adjusted, as heretofore described, to

engage one of the openings G of the reel,

whereby the latter is held in position for the The material is then drawn forwardly over the bar H, it being assumed that the bar -H is raised to the position shown by dotted lines in- Fig. 5. By employing the measuring device M the desired length of material s readily ascertained,

after which. the bar H is thrown downwardly to the full-line position in Fig. 5 and the cutter J J employed to'sever the piece which has been drawn from the roll. It is evident that as .the size of the roll diminishes the spring C will force-the clasp C'i outwardly suiliciently to compensate for the reduction in the size of the roll. 7

Having thus described my invention, what claim is- 1. In a device of the class described,.the combination plurality of spindles revolubly mounted on of a reel suitably mounted, a

the combination of a shaft or axle rev'olubly mounted, separated heads niade fast to the axle, roll-holding spindles journaled'in the heads, a number of radial tubes connected with the axle, rods telescoping in the tubes, the outer extremities of the rods being pro-,. vided with spring-clasps and coil-springssurrounding the telescoping parts and having a tendency to force the clasps outwardly.

3.'The combination with a suitablesupport, of an axle journaled therein,- heads mounted on the axle, roll-lolding spindles journaled in theheads, the axle having a centrally-located hub provided with radial tubes, rods telesco ing in the tubes, springs surrounding the te escoping parts, clasps attarhed to the outer extremities of the rods and acted on by the springs, and means for locking the shaft in position to allow the material to be drawn from any roll, substantially as described. i

4. The combination with a suitable support, of a reel provided with an axle revoluly mounted thereon, roll-holding spindles journaled in the reel, radially-disposed tubes connected with the reel-axle,.ro ds telescoping in the tubes and provided with clasps at o ne of said their outer extremities, coil-springs sur-' rounding the telescoping parts and acting on the clasps, and a loclnngpin mounted on f the support and adapted to engage the reel whereby the latter may be held in any desired position of adjustment.

5. The combination with a suitable sapport, of a reel revolubly mounted thereon and provided with a shaft, a plurality of rollholding spindles journaled in the reel, tele-- scoping parts connected with theshaft, the outer telescopin members carrying clasps acting on the rol s of the spindles.

6. In an apparatus of the class described, the combination of a reel provided with an axle, a suitable support in which the axle is journaled, the reel having separated heads fast on the axle, slots formed in the said heads and open on the edges thereof, rollholding spindles whose extremities engage the said slots, spring-a::tuated'hooks mounted on the heads and engaging the spindle extremities to hold the latter in place, radial telescopiru parts connected with the axle, parts having a clasp at its outer extremity, and. a spring surrounding thetelescoping parts and acting on the clasp to force the latter 'outwardly, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature in presence of two witnesses. i

CHARLES L. MALONEY. Witnesses:

A. J. O'BRIEN, DENA .NELSON. 

